German Surnames
Explore 508 German surnames with meanings and origins.
Merseburg
Marsh fortress
Germany
Meyer
Steward, overseer of land
Lower Saxony430K+
Mittelhäuser
Middle house dweller
Thuringia2K+
Morgenroth
Morning red
Saxony3K+
Moser
Marsh dweller
Austria
März
March
Germany
Mühlbauer
Mill farmer
Bavaria4K+
Mühlenbach
Mill brook
Rhineland3K+
Müller
Miller
Germany
Nagler
Nail maker
Germany
Naumann
New man, newcomer
Saxony22K+
Nesselrode
Nettle clearing
Rhineland2K+
Neugebauer
New farmer
Silesia6K+
Neuhaus
New house
Germany
Neumann
Newcomer or new settler
Brandenburg145K+
Niedermann
Lower man
Germany
Niendorf
New village
Germany
Nordmann
Northern man
Germany
Nürnberg
Rocky mountain
Germany
Oberdorfer
Upper village dweller
Bavaria3K+
Oberholtzer
Upper forest dweller
Switzerland
Obermann
Upper man
Germany
Ochsenbein
Ox leg
Switzerland
Ochsenknecht
Ox servant
Swabia3K+
Odenwald
Forest of Odin
Germany
Ohlendorf
Alder village
Germany
Opitz
Son of Opa
Germany
Oppenheimer
From Oppenheim
Rhineland4K+
Osterhagen
Easter grove
Germany
Ostermann
Eastern man
Germany
Paffenroth
Priest's clearing
Rhineland2K+
Peters
Son of Peter
Schleswig-Holstein150K+
Petersohn
Son of Peter
Germany
Pfannenstiel
Pan handle
Thuringia3K+
Pfarrer
Pastor
Germany
Pfeifer
Piper
Germany
Pfeiffer
Pipe player or fifer
Rhineland104K+
Pfingsten
Pentecost
Germany
Pflüger
Plowman
Germany
Pichler
Hill dweller
Austria
Plettenberg
Flat mountain
Westphalia2K+
Pohl
One from Poland, or pool dweller
Silesia54K+
Probst
Provost
Germany
Pöhlmann
Pool man
Franconia4K+
Pöschl
Little bush
Austria
Querengässer
Cross lane dweller
Franconia800+
Rabenhorst
Raven nest
Brandenburg2K+
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